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Brain changes in geriatric depression

✍ Scribed by George S. Alexopoulos; Barnett S. Meyers; Robert C. Young; Robert C. Abrams; Charles A. Shamolan

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 482 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930030303

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✦ Synopsis

The clinical and neurobiological literature of geriatric depression which focuses on the relationship between depression and dementia is reviewed. The hypothesis that depression of late life and dementia are linked by a spectrum of underlying ageing-associated brain changes is presented, and the implications for future research are discussed.

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